Concert Band - Digital Download
SKU: A0.733071
Composed by Hector Berlioz. Arranged by Marc Oliver. Romantic Period. Score and parts. 94 pages. Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings #2998635. Published by Ayotte Custom Musical Engravings (A0.733071).
Berlioz's Hungarian March from The Damnation of Faust is based on a song composed in 1809 by János Bihari (1764–1827), written in honor of Ferenc Rákóczi, a Hungarian military leader and politician who was at the heart of Hungary’s quest for independence from Austria. It is not known if the tune by Bihari was based on a Hungarian folk melody of the time or if he composed it himself .